Braiding-machine.



N0. 695,469. Patented Mar. I8, I902.

'- F. MEYER.

BR AIDING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct. 25, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Gums-E- FRANK MEYER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

BRAlDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,469, dated March 18, 1902. Application filed October 28, 1901. Serial No. 80,166. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and'useful Improvements in Braiding-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to braiding-machines; and it consists in certain improvements in machines of this nature hereinafter fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim looking toward the preservation of the material on the carriers or spindles from becoming soiled while in the machine and also toward rendering the machine, and especially said carriers, more positive and accurate in operation.

The invention will be found fully' illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein corresponding letters of reference indicate like parts, and wherein- Figure l is a top plan view of a portion of my improved braiding-machine with the carriers removed. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of said improved braiding-machine, and Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of one of the carriers.

In said drawings, a and b respectively designate the usual upper and lower plates of a braiding-machine, the same being secured together by stay-bolts c in the ordinary manner and the upper one having the usual cross-' ing curved grooves'd. e designates the intermeshing horn-wheels carrying the usual spindle or'carrier-driving horns f and jour-, naled on axles g, mounted in the plate I).

h denotes the carrier or spindle, having the guiding-flanges 2', between which the edges of the plate a and quoits j are received, and also having projecting downwardly the usual pintle it, which the horns f engage to drive the carrier and, projectingupwardly, the stem Z and spindle proper, m. On the spindle is journaled the bobbin at, having its top, as usual, toothed and adapted to be there engaged by a lug 0 on a slide 19, arranged on the stem Z,

and on the stem below said slide is the vertically-sliding weight g. The thread taken from the bobbin extends through an eyelet 1' in the stem, freely engages the weight in the manner hereinafter described, and then passes out through an eyelet s in the top of the same.

Heretofore it has been customary to pass the thread from the eyelet 1* down between the weight g and the stem to and around the lower end of the former. Moreover, the weight, when it was permitted to do so by the breaking of the thread or'an undue relaxingthereof, rested on the plate a. The objection to these points of construction is that since oil and oily particles of the silk or other material used to form the braid collected on the plate a in time the bottom edge or end of the weight g collected this dirt and so soiled the thread which was thus directly exposed to it. In order to overcome this objection, therefore, I provide the weight g with an eyelet, preferably. of porcelain or other similar material 25, and pass the thread through said eyelet instead of around the bottom end of the weight. Moreover, in order to keep the weight at all times out of contact with the plate a a stop u on the lower portion of the stem is provided, and on this the weight rests whenthe thread sufficiently relaxes. Said stop is placed sulficiently above the plate a, so that there is absolutely no possibility of any soiling substance working its way up far enough'to damage the material which is to form the braiding.

As a further expedient for insuring protection to the thread, fender-plates v, mounted parallel with and above the plate a, are provided. These are preferably secured in place by the bolts 0. These fender-plates not only act to keep the oil from flying up, but also either auXiliarly to or independently of, if desired, the stops it, as a rest for theweights q.

Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a braiding-machine, the combination, with the slotted plate in which the carriers move, of the carriers, driving means'for said carriers, and a fender-plate arranged above said first-named plate, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of 10 October, 1901.

FRANK MEYER.

Vitnessos:

JOHN W. STEWARD, Row. J. POLLITT. 

